The good news of the kingdom of Heaven

The Kingdom and Righteousness of God

Re. 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Re. 5:10 and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

The kingdom of heaven involves the kingdom and righteousness of God. The kingdom of God means to be a king on earth, in service of God.

The righteousness of God means to be a priest in service of God. The function of the priest of God is basically to keep the temple and the people holy enough for God to dwell among them. In the New Testament, the temple is the body of a Christian. Hence, the righteousness of God is all about a Christian keeping himself/herself holy enough for God to dwell in him/her. The Christian should also help others to become holy.

Performing the role of a Priest

2Co. 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

The job of a priest is to make the temple fit to host the presence of God. The temple must be kept holy in order for it to host the presence of God. In the New Testament, the body of the Christian is the temple and the duty of the Priest is to keep the body holy.

Jo. 1:8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Ep. 5:26 To make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word.

In Jo. 1:8, God revealed to Joshua the secret of holiness. The Ten Commandments given by God to Israel wasn’t just an unbearable burden, as most people think that it is. Rather, the Ten Commandments actually constitute a spiritual holiness device or tool. A human being can use the holiness tool to make herself/himself holy. In the New Testament, Ep. 5:26 also describes the holiness device.

The only way for a priest to make her/his body fit for the habitation of God is to keep the body holy by means of the holiness tool. This requires that the priest understands the principles of operation of the holiness device.

Is. 55:10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
Is. 55:11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Jn. 3:34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

A key principle upon which the holiness device is based can be seen in Is. 55:11. If anyone returns God’s word to God, the purpose for which God sent the word into the world will be accomplished in that person. In Jn. 3:34, Jesus Christ says that God gives His Spirit to a person who speaks His words, without limit. God created the human soul with a capacity to contain infinite quantity of the Holy Spirit. God Himself possesses infinite measure of the Holy Spirit and then created the human soul with a capacity to become like Him. This was what provoked one third of God’s angels, led by Lucifer, to rebel against God.

Any person who continually returns God’s commandments to Him (Jo. 1:8), in agreement, continues to receive the spirit of holiness from God. As the measure of the Holy Spirit in that person grows, her/his holiness also grows.

Ph. 2:13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

Here is an example of returning God’s commandments to Him, in agreement:

By your grace, the Most High God, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Ro. 3:24), I shall be holy as you our heavenly Father are holy. I will always love you with all my heart and with all my soul and with all my mind, and I shall love my neighbor as I love myself. I shall do to others as I would have them do to me. In the name of Jesus Christ.”

If you are baptized into Jesus Christ in water and in the Spirit, which is what qualifies you to be a priest of God, try and operate the holiness device as in the example and see that it works.

Performing the role of a King

2Co. 10:3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.
2Co. 10:4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

In ancient times, the strongest man in town became the king; it was all about the brawn. So it is in the spirit realm. The human soul (or the inner man) operates in the spirit realm. The strength of the inner man determines whether a person can reign spiritually. Can a person influence the strength of his soul? The answer is yes! Just as a person could influence his physical strength through the food s/he eats, in the same way a person could influence the strength of her/his soul by feeding the soul.

Ge. 2:9b In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Mt. 4:4 Jesus answered, “It is written: `Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’“

The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil produce food that the human soul can feed on. As we can see from Mt. 4:4, both the fruit of the tree of life and the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil are spiritual words. The fruit of the tree of life is every word that comes out of the mouth of God, whereas the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is every word that comes out of the mouth of Satan (esoteric knowledge).

Some food that we feed the human body are purely medicinal, while some are for energy and building up the body. In the same way some words of God (the commandments) are medicine to the soul, while some are for spiritual power and building up the soul.

Jn. 6:35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

Jn. 6:43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered.

Jn. 6:48 I am the bread of life.
Jn. 6:49 Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died.
Jn. 6:50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die.
Jn. 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

Jn. 6:53 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

In the New Testament, Jesus Christ is the fruit of the tree of life. He is the bread of life. How does one feed her/his soul with the bread of life? Just speak the words as Jesus spoke them. Following is how I feed my soul with the bread of life.

In the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I eat into my inner being the flesh of the Lord Jesus Christ. I drink into my inner being the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ.

As I eat the flesh of Jesus Christ and drink his blood through word of faith, I use imagination to visualize the flesh and blood flowing into my soul. This is because faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (He. 11:1). As a person continually eats the flesh of Jesus Christ and drinks his blood, the soul grows in stature and in power. Before long, the person begins to do miracles. When the person does spiritual warfare against agents and forces of evil, it is more effective than ever.

Jn. 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;
Jn. 11:26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

As people of God, who are baptized into Jesus Christ in water and in the Spirit, endlessly eat the flesh of Jesus Christ and drink his blood through word of faith, divine life (or divinity) in them grows. It will get to a point where it becomes impossible for them to die or become sick. The progression will get to the point where they are transformed from mortal to immortality, followed by the rapture.

1Co. 15:53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
1Co. 15:54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” [Isaiah 25:8]

Last Edited by Agent of Light on 02/13/2022 12:27 PM

Amen!!

Thanks.

Hh

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